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UNITED STATES LYTLE J. HUNTER, OF

COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, AND HARRY C. HUNTER,

OF WINTON PLACE, OHIO.

TlCKET-CONTRO LLIN-G MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,428, dated December 12, 1893.

Application filed February 25, 1893- Serial No. 463,742- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Beltknownthatwe,LYTLEJ.I-IUNTER,IeSiding at Govington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, and HARRY C. HUNTER, residing at Winton Place, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-0ontrolling Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to machine orinstrument, which can be carried on the person of a street car conductor or other operator, in which a strip of tickets may be stored, and to enable the person controlling the device to issue the tickets therefrom in a mutilated or unmutilated state; also to provide a punch or mutilating attachment by which the ticket may be canceled after its issue from the machine, or a separate ticket canceled; also to improve the construction of parts, and combination of various parts of a machine of the character described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine of the character described, showing part of the suspending belt or strap, and showing a ticket projecting from themachine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section partly in elevation on a plane parallel with the casing, and bisecting the handle (line 00 m, Fig. 3). Fig. 3 isa front elevation, with the casing removed, and parts broken away. Fig. 4 is a section or elevation, from the reverse side of Fig. 2, taken inside the casing, and with the partition removed to show the operating parts (line yy, Fig. 3). Fig. 5 is a cross section on line .2 a, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a cross section on line a, a, Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a detail of the feed roll driving mechanism and some connections detached. Fig. 8 is a detail of locking pawl. Fig. 9 shows details of feed roll gear. Fig. 10 is a perspective detail of principal operating parts.

The intention of the device is that aticket be issued to every passenger or person who If the ticket be punched or can- .jc'ele'd it has no further value, except possibly a slight arbitrary value for redemption. If

chamber being a receptacle fora roll of tickets, which roll is indicated at D, Fig. 4. The paper constituting the roll or coil of tickets is printed in a long slip, and the length of each ticket is equal to the circumference of the feed wheel, or to the feed of said wheel at each reciprocation of the handle. The tickets in the strip are consecutively numbered, so that if a record be kept of the number of tickets in the machine in the morning,

when the machine is returned at night a glance at the outer ticket on the roll will enable the inspector to determine how many tickets have been used during the day. The

roll of paper is placed loosely in the proper chamber, no spool or reel being needed to support it, andthe tickets are fed out by the action of the machine, as will be explained. The outer end or'the first ticket of the reel, (which may be either the highest or lowest consecutive number) is preferably passed through the guide clamp, which consists of a smooth cylinder or rest 1,and the bearing plate 2, which is held down upon the paper by the spring 3, thus forming a spring friction device which permits the paper to be drawn forward, merely holding the slip taut, but prevents it from being pushed back toward the roll or reel. The guide clamp is shown directly over the paper roll chamber. After passing the guideclamp, the strip of paper passes over the roughened feed roll 5, and between said rolland the elastic or slightly yielding bearing roll6. The strip of paper is nipped between these rolls so tightly that it is compelled to partake of the movement of the feed roll. Both rolls are-supported in suitable hearings in the frame, in front of the guide clamp. After passing over the feed roll the paper slip passes between guideplates 7 and 8, and out of a slot in the front of the casing. Preferably one of the plates is of steel, with a notched or saw-tooth edge, and projects slightlyin front of the easing, through the slot therein, forming a cutting edge against which the ticket may be torn when projected from the casing.

By the reciprocation of the handle, the feed to roll is caused to revolve intermittingly, in

one direction only, and so feed forward the paper strip just the length of a ticket at each operation of the handle. The mechanism by which this is eifected will now be described.

The handle 10 projects below the casing, and is attached to rod 11., which is guided in ways in the casing, so that it may be drawn down by a pull on the handle. The rod 11 passes through bearings 13 and 14 on a slide bar 12, and has shoulders above and below from one side thereof.

said bearings, or is otherwise so connected that rod 11 may rock in said hearings, but any longitudinal movement of the rod causes the slide bar to move with it. The slide bar is guided by brackets 17 and 18, and by a pin 19 in the casing extending into a slot 20 in the draw bar, so that said bar may reciprocate vertically in the casing.

The draw bar 12 has a pin 22, extending This pin enters aslot 23 in one arm of a sector 25. This sector 25 has gear teeth on its arc orperiphery, and its hub 27 is supported on a fixed pivot or pintle 26 in the casing. A strong coiled spring 27 surrounds the hub and is connected thereto or to the sector at one end, and the other end of the spring is attached to a stud 29 in the casing. The tendency of this spring is to work the sector to the position shown in Fig. 2. By a downward pull on the handle 10 the bar 12 is drawn down, and the pin 22 extending into slot 23 causes the sector plate to work on its pintle, against the force of spring 27. The gear35, at the periphery of the sector, engages a pinion40 which is mounted on the shaft of the feed roll 5. The pinion has a one toothed ratchet wheel 41 rigidly connected thereto. For convenience, this ratchet wheel is practically inclosed in a recess in the end of the feed roll 5, anda pawl 39, which is attached by its pivot to feed roll 5, is pressed against the periphery of the ratchet wheel by spring 38. WVhen the pinion 40 is rotated by the action of the gear on the sector, the single tooth on the ratchet 41 engages pawl 39, and causes the feed roll to rotate. There is a notch 31 in the periphery of the feed roll 5. on a pintle or stud in the frame, and is pressed toward the roll by spring 33, so as to engage the notch 31 whenever the parts are in position for such engagement. The pawl 32 has an arm or lever 34, which is in the path of movement of a pin 36, which pin projects from the side of the sector plate. By these connections, whenever the sector plate is rocked, it causes pinion 40 to rotate. The pinion 40 and ratchet 41 being rigid, ratchet 41 A pawl 32 is hung,

will turn in one direction, pawl 39 riding on the face of the wheel, and roll 5 will not be moved, being held by pawl 32; and this takes place when handle 10 is drawn down; but at the very completion of the downward movement of the handle and rocking of the sector, the pin 36 in the sector engages the lever 34 which is rigid with pawl 32, and so disengages pawl 32 from the notch in the feed roll. Then if handle 10 be released, the sector is rocked upward by spring 27, and the pinion 40, rotating in reverse direction, will by means of its ratchet and pawl engagement cause the feed wheel to rotate with it. The

backward movement of the sector releases pawl 32, which falls again into the notch in feed roll 5 when said roll has made a complete revolution.

The movement of sector 25 under the influence of a downward pull of handle 10 does not affect the feed roll 5 at all unless the sector be rocked far enough to disengage pawl 32 from its notch in the feed roll. When it has moved so far, the reverse movement of the sector is enough to revolve the feed roll one revolution, and having made that revolution the pawl 32 will stop it. Such revolution of the feed roll advances the paper strip just the length of one ticket. Consequently a movement of the handle less than a complete reciprocation will have no effect at all in feeding out tickets; while it the handle be drawn down to the extent of its movement, the release of said handle will permit the spring 27 to return the parts to normal position, and a ticket will be fed out by the action of the parts described.

The bar 12 has an arm 42; a pin 43 on this arm, extends through a slot in lever 44, which lever is pivoted to the casing or frame, as at 45. One arm of this lever 44 extends through a mortise in punch 49. This punch 49 projects up, and moves in a hole 48 in jaws 46 and 47, outside the casing. A very slight downward movement of handle 10 and bar-12 causes lever 44 to rock, and actuate punch 49, so that it will punch a hole in a ticket which may be entered between jaws 46 and 47. Thus to operate punch 49 it is not necessary to draw down the handle far enough to operate the feed roll 5. The jaws 46 and 47 are curved, to guide a ticket to the punch.

There is a punch, 65, close to the guide plates 8 and 7 and operating through a passage in said plates. This punch maybe actuated to punch a hole in the ticket which is between the feed rolls and resting on the guide plates or shelves. The mechanism by which this punch is Worked will now be described.

The rod 11 has a head projecting at one side thereof. This head may be rocked,by a

slight turn of the rod in its bearings 13 and 14, so as to move down without engaging the punch actuating mechanism; but a normal pull, straight down on handle 10, carries head 60 against a fly 61, pivoted to lever 62, which and whatever the position of head it will lever is pivoted to the frame or casing. The

. operative position. When handle 10 is pulled directly down, the head 60 strikes tly 61, and

carries down the fly andthat end of lever 62, thus lifting the other end of lever 62 and forcing the punch upward, causing it to perforate any ticket which may be between the guide shelves or plates 7 and 8. -The downward movement of head 60 swings lever 62 on its fulcrum, until head 62 rides past the end.

of the lever and fly. This permits spring 69 .to draw the punch back instantly, retracting it from the ticket which lies between the guide plates 7 and 8. This happens before the handle reaches the end of its downward movement. The completion of the downward movement causes the mechanism heretofore described to actuate the feed roll, and project this ticket, so perforated or canceled, from the casing, where it may be torn 0E from the slip. If, however, it is desired to project a. ticket which has not been punched or canceled, the rod 11 is slightly rotated in bearings 13, 14, against the pressure of spring 71, which tends to hold the head 60 in position to engage the fly61. When so turned (by a slight twist on handle 10) the head 60 is out of line with fly 61, and may then move past the fly and lever 62 without moving said lever or the punch 65. Then if the handle be drawn fully down the feed roll will be actuated, and a ticket projected without having been punched or mutilated. In returning to normal position, the handle lOmay be released,

not actuate lever 62 in rising, as fly 61 will yield and allow the head to-pass. Head 60 is shown as inclined on one side to easily efiect this passage.

The draw bar 12 has an abutment which is in position to engage a fly 76 on the end of hell crank lever 77. This fly is held toward the lever by spring 78, and the lever is pressed wads or slips out from the tickets outside the casing.

Fixed jaws 46, 47, are curved upward and outwardly to guide the ticket.

part only, and the rubber roll 6 opposite this central part will hold the ticket slip close to the feed roll, so that it shall feed forward steadily.

It will be understood that changes may be made in many details without departing from the spirit of our invention The broad'ideas are that. the feed wheel shall act in one direction only, and on the return stroke of the handle, so that a ticket cannot be fed part way out, and less than a full movement'of the handle shall not move the ticket at all, although the punches may move without moving the tickets. We also have special advantages in the arrangement by which the roll of tickets is held without any reel or support other than a mere receptacle.

We claimw 1. In a machine of the character described, the casing having a chamber for the roll of tickets, the guide clamp consisting of a bar and a spring pressedplatein proximity thereto, between which the ticket passes, the: feed rolls, and guide-plates between which the ticket is projected from the casing, substantially as described.

, 2. In a. machine of-the character described, the combination with the inclosing'casing,.of the feed rolls, the guide plates in proximity thereto between which theticket passes, the

. guide clamp and a punch imposition to'perforate the ticket while it is between said plates and before it is projected from the cas-' ing. 7

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the casing of the feed roll supported therein, the feed clampthe reciprocating handle, and gearing-connected to the handle and operating on'the feed roll to actuate said roll in one direction only, substantially as described 4. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the casing or frame, of the reciprocating handle, the geared sector supported in the frameandconnected to the handle, and the feed rollhaving'a pinion in engagement with said sector gear, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the character described,

the reciprocating haudle'and its connected gear, the feed wheel and an intermediate gear, actuated by the .gear connected to the handle, and engaging the feed roll toactuate the same in one direction only, substantiallyas described.

6. In a machineof the character described,

the handle and its connected gear, the feed gear, and a locking pawl engaging the feed roll and disengaged only by the mechanism at the extreme movement of the handle, in combination substantially as described.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the feed roll and actuating mechanism therefor engaging said roll to move it in one direction only, of a locking pawl engaging said roll to hold it until unlocked by the extreme movement of the roll driving gear, substantially as described.

8. The combination of the casing having a roll or slip of tickets therein, of the operating handle, the feed roll, and intermediate gear connected to the handle and feed roll to operate only on the return of the handle after making a complete stroke, and paper guiding clamps by which the strip of paper is directcd to the feed roll, substantially as described.

9. In a machine of the general character described the reciprocating handle, the operating gears connected thereto, and the feed roll having a ratchet wheel with a single tooth-at a position corresponding to the movement of the feed roll periphery to deliver a ticket, and a pawl engaging said tooth to rotate the roll on the return movement of the handle, all combined substantially as described.

10. In a machine of thegeneral character described the combination of the reciprocating handle, the oscillating sector plate connected thereto and having gears thereon, the pinion in engagement with said sector plate, and the feed roll having ratchet and pawl connection to said pinion, all combined substantially as described.

11. In a machine of the general characterdescribed the feed roll, the pinion on the same shaft therewith, the single tooth ratchet and pawl connection by which said roll is driven from the pinion, the roll locking pawl, and driving gear connected to the handle and operating on the pinion to actuate the same and on the roll-locking pawl to release the roll at the proper time, all combined substantially as described.

12. In a machine of the general character described the operating handle and geared sector connected thereto, the spring acting on the geared sector, the pinion, feed roll, and a rack and pawl connection between the same,

anda roll locking pawl engaging the feed roll,

all combined and relatively arranged substantially as described.

13. In a machine of the general character described the reciprocating handle and slide bar connected thereto, the rocking sector and spring operating to move the same in one direction, the slot and pin connection between the slide bar and sector, and the feed roll having geared connection to the rocking sector, all substantially as described.

14. The reciprocating handle and geared connections operating on the feed roll to operate the same in one direction only, at the return stroke of the handle, and the supplementary punch connected to the handle and actuated by the first movement thereof, relatively arranged in a ticket controlling machine, substantially as described.

15. In a machine of the general character described the reciprocating handle and the punch operating externally of the casing and connected indirectly to the handle, and the curved guiding jaws outside the casing having a slot between them through which the punch acts, all substantially as described.

16. In a machineof the general characterdescribed the combination with the reciprocating handle, of a punch, a spring acting on said handle to retract the same, and a lever acting on the punch, and having a contact engagement with a projection from the handle in passing, whereby the punch is actuated by the movement of the handle, and immediately retracted, substantially as described.

17. In a machine substantially as described, the reciprocating handle, a punch connected to the handle through intermediate mechanism, whereby it is operated by the first movement of the handle in one direction, the feed roll and an actuating gear operatively engaging the same in one direction only, and means connected to the handle by which said gear is actuated only on the second or return movement of the handle.

18. In a machine substantially as described, the reciprocating handle, the spring-pressed punch, and the lever intermediate the punch and the handle and in position to engage both, and a loose fly forming the engaging abutment, whereby the movement of the handle is operative on the punch in one direction only, substantially as described.

19. In a machine of the character described, the combination of the reciprocating handle and rod having an operating head, the spring retracted punch, and an intermediate lever having a fly in position to engage the handle head, and the feed roll and intermediate gears actuating the roll from the handle on the return movement thereof, substantially as described.

20. In a machine of the character described, the combination of the reciprocating handle hung in a draw bar and having a rocking movement therein, the punch and its leverin position to be engaged by a projection from said handle when movingin normal direction only, and the feed roll and its operatinggear connected to the handle bar to operate only on the return movement of said handle bar, substantially as described.

21. In a machine of the general character described the combination with the handle and draw bar, of the punch and intermediate lever connections operating the punch on the forward movement of the handle, the feed roll and intermediate gear connections operating on the return movement of the handle, and the alarm operated at the completion of the forward handle movement, substantially as described.

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22. In a machine of the general character described thecombination with the casing,guide clamp, and feed rolls therein, of the partition having its edge turned over the chambers for 5 the ticket roll, and interposed between said roll and the guide clamp, all substantially as described. j

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

LYTLE J. HUNTER. HARRY O. HUNTER. Witnesses:

EDW. H. BAKER, WM. H. BUCKNER. 

